no mention of suppressors/silencers in regs

**Threeheadeddog** · 07-29-2009, 06:55 PM

I looked through the current regs and unlike previous years where suppressors/silencers were mentioned there was no mention of them.

Is it now legal to hunt game in TN with a suppressor?

**redbarron06** · 07-29-2009, 07:12 PM

I dont know but I did see the paragraph that sais "this brochure is not the law" I would send them an email and if they say no ask them to site TCA.

**wd-40** · 07-29-2009, 08:17 PM

Why would anyone want to hunt with a surpressor?

**nightrunner** · 07-29-2009, 08:23 PM

because you can.
safer for your ears.
doesnt alert other animals.
doesnt alert other hunters.
because liberals hate it.
because you can.

**USMCJG** · 07-29-2009, 08:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nightrunner

because you can.
safer for your ears.
doesnt alert other animals.
doesnt alert other hunters.
because liberals hate it.
because you can.

+1
If it were legal(if it isn't?), why would anyone want to hunt WITHOUT a suppressor?

**wd-40** · 07-30-2009, 04:44 PM

LOL Please don't delete that!!!

**Threeheadeddog** · 07-30-2009, 07:18 PM

Why use a suppressor when hunting?

Simple reasons
1. It is curtious to others and to the people that are being nice enough to let you hunt on their land to not be causing excessive noise around them thier families and their livestock.

2. In case you dont know hearing loss is cumulative and gunshots without hearing protection DO cause irraparable hearing damage. You can either put the hearing protection on/in your ears or on the gun. If it is on/in your ears than EVERY sound is affected if it is on your gun only the gunshot it affected. So if you use a silencer/suppressor you get the hearing protection benifit without hampering you ability to hear things such as animal movement and even more importantly other hunters who may need help(think your child who just fell out of tree).
Most people simply take the hearing damage but I would prefer to protect my ears.

3.... Insert whatever you want because if you were legally able you dont need a reason.

Also it should be noted that on basically all rifles commonly used for hunting the silencer/suppressor is not going to make the gun sound like something out of an old spy movie. The gun will still make noise. For instance my rifle sounds much like a 22lr when shot with a silencer/suppressor on the end.

**Threeheadeddog** · 07-31-2009, 06:32 PM

Well i called twra earlier today and left a message with my question and recieved a call later.

The nice lady on the phone( i left a message with the general counsel number given on the twra site pdf of the pamphlet) said that it is perfectly legal to take game with a weapon using a silencer/suppressor provided that silencer/suppressor was legally owned.

**redbarron06** · 07-31-2009, 07:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Threeheadeddog

Well i called twra earlier today and left a message with my question and recieved a call later.

The nice lady on the phone( i left a message with the general counsel number given on the twra site pdf of the pamphlet) said that it is perfectly legal to take game with a weapon using a silencer/suppressor provided that silencer/suppressor was legally owned.

Wooo-Hooo Now if I can get my form 4 back before Christmas.

**Spiffy** · 08-03-2009, 11:35 AM

Whispering dead comes for Bambi on this weeks Hunting with Spiffy.

07-29-2009, 06:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
Threeheadeddog TGO Freshman Joined: Apr 2009 Where: Unionville TN Posts: 6	no mention of suppressors/silencers in regs I looked through the current regs and unlike previous years where suppressors/silencers were mentioned there was no mention of them. Is it now legal to hunt game in TN with a suppressor?

07-29-2009, 07:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
redbarron06 TGO Senior Member Joined: Feb 2009 Where: Whites Creek, TN Age: 38 Posts: 566	I dont know but I did see the paragraph that sais "this brochure is not the law" I would send them an email and if they say no ask them to site TCA. __________________ Bitterly clinging to my guns, my bible, and my Constitution Proud Member of: Army Aviation Association of America National Rifle Association Gun Owners of America Tennessee Firearms Association

07-29-2009, 08:23 PM	#4 (permalink)
nightrunner law-abiding outlaw Joined: Jan 2008 Where: Manchester, TN Age: 21 Posts: 2,014	because you can. safer for your ears. doesnt alert other animals. doesnt alert other hunters. because liberals hate it. because you can. __________________ It's better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it.

08-03-2009, 11:35 AM	#10 (permalink)
Spiffy TGO Member Joined: Jul 2009 Where: Philadelphia, TN Posts: 64	Whispering dead comes for Bambi on this weeks Hunting with Spiffy. __________________ What gets me is the hand wringing soccer mom who is so upset over the evil guns.. has no objection to her child sitting in spitting distance of an open bar.

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07-29-2009, 08:17 PM	#3 (permalink)
wd-40 TGO Member Joined: Jun 2008 Where: Clarksville, TN Age: 54 Posts: 312	Why would anyone want to hunt with a surpressor?

07-30-2009, 04:44 PM	#6 (permalink)
wd-40 TGO Member Joined: Jun 2008 Where: Clarksville, TN Age: 54 Posts: 312	LOL Please don't delete that!!!

07-30-2009, 07:18 PM	#7 (permalink)
Threeheadeddog TGO Freshman Joined: Apr 2009 Where: Unionville TN Posts: 6	Why use a suppressor when hunting? Simple reasons 1. It is curtious to others and to the people that are being nice enough to let you hunt on their land to not be causing excessive noise around them thier families and their livestock. 2. In case you dont know hearing loss is cumulative and gunshots without hearing protection DO cause irraparable hearing damage. You can either put the hearing protection on/in your ears or on the gun. If it is on/in your ears than EVERY sound is affected if it is on your gun only the gunshot it affected. So if you use a silencer/suppressor you get the hearing protection benifit without hampering you ability to hear things such as animal movement and even more importantly other hunters who may need help(think your child who just fell out of tree). Most people simply take the hearing damage but I would prefer to protect my ears. 3.... Insert whatever you want because if you were legally able you dont need a reason. Also it should be noted that on basically all rifles commonly used for hunting the silencer/suppressor is not going to make the gun sound like something out of an old spy movie. The gun will still make noise. For instance my rifle sounds much like a 22lr when shot with a silencer/suppressor on the end.

07-31-2009, 06:32 PM	#8 (permalink)
Threeheadeddog TGO Freshman Joined: Apr 2009 Where: Unionville TN Posts: 6	Well i called twra earlier today and left a message with my question and recieved a call later. The nice lady on the phone( i left a message with the general counsel number given on the twra site pdf of the pamphlet) said that it is perfectly legal to take game with a weapon using a silencer/suppressor provided that silencer/suppressor was legally owned.